Storage building



June 9, 1931. c. .a. MITCHELL STORAGE BUILDING Original Filed Oct. 15.1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR CHARLES Gonpou MrrcuELL B Wh /re;

. TIORNEYS FIG. 2

June 9, 1931.

c. e. MITCHELL 1,809,140

STORAGE BUILDING Original Filed Oct. 15. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I I I I III I I I I I I X {F n I u I n I n I a I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I IFIGLS I INVEN'IOR CHARLES GORDON MITCHELL Patented June 9, 1931 UNITEDSTATES CHARLES GORDON MITCHELL, or ONTREAL, QUEBEC, NADA; a

STORAGE BUILDING Application filed October 15,1928, Serial A furtherobject is to provide a building or garage which will have means tofacilitate the movement of the cars between the floors.

A still further object is to provide a build ing which may be quicklyconverted from a garage into a warehouse or vice versa with the minimumexpense. i

According to my invention l provide a building having a plurality ofmain floors and mezzanine floors between the main floors. The mainfloors extend for the whole length 5 and width of the building except inthatportion of the mezzanine corridor contained within the traflic wellwhich area includes the over-all'leng th and width of said corridor fromout to out of walls enclosing ramps or inclined passageways which formthe means 7 of communication between the floors. Ex-

ternal to the trafiic well the mezzanine corri-z dors are one-halfstorey height, but when the building is to beused for warehouse purposesonly (or such part of it) the mezzanine corr dor maybe maintained atfull height for its entire or such other length as required. Corridorsare formed on the main floors, and the mezzanine floors extend betweenthe main floors, and a corridorequalto the height between the mezzaninefloors extends between the ramps so thatlarge vehicles can be,accomamodated between the mezzanine floors.

Inthe drawingswhich illustrate my invention V I i Figure 1 is asectional end elevation of my improved storage building. a r V ,1 Figure2 is a sectional plan showing one of the main floors and taken on theline-2 2,

Figure 1.

No. 312,671,; nd a Uanada August 31; 1928. a s he a 'n ri1'2a,1ee1.' h I1 Figure 3 is a sectional plan viewof the V buildingshowin'g' oneofthe'mezzaninefioors and taken on the line 3-3 Figurel. ::Beiierrhig'more particularly to thedrawi ings', 1 1 'designatesthe front wall, 12the rear,

and 13 and 14 the side walls) Spacedinter-' medlate 1 the walls are thefloor supporting j columns 15,16, 17; 18, 19 and 20. 'Theimain .v

floorsiextend' from side tofside of the building and corridors l fortraversing. the -floors*'ar e preferably betwee'nthe columns on supports16' a-nd17 and between thecolumns 19 and 20;

Spacedl midway between the main floors are 7 thez mezzanine floor s 21and these floors extend'b'etween the adj acentedges of the corridorsoin' the m'ai'n -fioors Ramps or inclined passageway-s22 form=the meansof communication between the main floors and the" mezzanine'fioors, andbetweenz the mezzanine floors and the main floors; inclinedpass'agearearranged preferably hetween the columns 15 and 1601- betweenthe:columns=18Vand119.

wvays or ramps are placedl These ramps" (23 In the drawings only twosets-areshowniand they-are arranged between the columns 16; and 5 17.}Between the columns 12 and 18 andiexs tending -between" the "remoteiedges of the rampsya space is formed in the main floors so thatlargetrucksmay travers'ethe building between the ramps on the 'mezzaninefloors.

l he'iramps' are-spaced from the :endl of: the

building so that the trucks and pleasure 'cars may :{tra-vel around the:building 1 on the main 7 floor: without the necessity of using theramps.

l t -will beseen that smallip'leasure'cars can be stored. at each sideof the'corridors"on'the mezzanine? floors and heavy cars g anditru'cks'may be storedbetween the wallsand the cor-f. ridors adjacent thereto. Itwillalso be seen that trucks and heavy cars may traverse the 1 corridoron the mezzanine-floorbetween the ramps so that should necessity arise,the truck may be diverted from one set of ramps to another-set whileonthevrnezzani'ne floor.

It will be seen also that by covering the space 24 on the main floorbetween the col- 3 umns 17 and 18, the building may be quickly andconveniently changed from a garage into a warehouse with a maximumamount of floor 'Jflfl or storage space; o v v v Any number of floorsmay be arranged and entrance and exit openings be made in the walls inthe ground floor at any convenient place.

Having thus described my invention, what 7 I claim is 1. In a building,a plurality of main floors extending from end to end and from side toside of the building, a corridor encircling the building and spaced fromthe walls thereof, mezzanine floors intermediate the main floors, saidmezzanine floors covering the area between the adjacent edges of thecorridors, and

ramps at each end of the building connecting the main floors with themezzanine floors, said main floors having means formedtherein betweenthe ramps to allow for the passage of high vehicles between the ramps.

2. A building having a plurality of main floors extending from side toside and from' end to end of the building, mezzanine floors locatedintermediate the main floors and spaced from the sides and endsof thebuilding to provide a full storage space on the main floors extendingentirely around the area covered by the mezzanine floors and rampsconnecting the main floors with the mezzanine floors, said main floorshaving portions thereof omitted to form slots aflording full storycorridors traversing the mezzanine floors, said slots being formed onlyin the portions of the main floors located between the mezzanine floors.

3. A building having a plurality of main floors extending from side toside and from end to end of the building, mezzanine floors locatedintermediate said main floors and spaced from the side and end walls ofthe building, supporting posts extending between the main floors andarranged to 1 define a full story corridor on each main floor locatedclose to and extending entirely around the marginal portions of theoverlying mezzanine floor, said main floors having central portionsthereof omitted to provide full story corridors traversing the mezzaninefloors, and full story ramps connecting the corridors'of the main andmezzanine floors.

hand.

CHARLES GORDON MITCHELL.

In witness whereof, Ihavehereunto set my 7

